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A fact from 1979 Mississauga train derailment appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that following the Mississauga train derailment of 1979, nearly 250,000 people had to be evacuated for up to five days while toxic chemicals that had spilled onto the railway tracks were cleaned up?

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Untitled[edit]

Please help reorganize the information and check it for accuracy.--Sonjaaa 18:04, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for making this article good!!--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, what's a "trainman" ?--Sonjaaa 13:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Formatting Attempt (#1)[edit]

I made a few small changes and split the article into sections under headers (as requested), but I still feel there's a lot of information missing at this point.

EvocativeIntrigue 18:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification needed[edit]

I think some clarification is need in the first sentence under teh section "Aftermath":

At 11:53 p.m. at the Mavis Road crossing, the undercarriage separated from the track, causing the train and numerous cars to collide. Some propane cars burst into flames.

Were the "cars" on the road at the crossing or train cars (carriages)?

EvocativeIntrigue 18:18, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cars, I'm fairly certain. I changed it to "automobiles" - I don't like the word, so if anyone's got a better way of making it unambiguous, please go ahead. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 19:02, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Based on reading the referenced article, I'm pretty confident that this refers to train cars, not automobiles. I changed it to "tanker cars filled with propane".

I'll have a think about that and if I come up with something I'll attempt to rework it: automobile covers it for now, though!

EvocativeIntrigue 00:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There were no vehicles involved. The Article is meaning Rail cars. This clarification is OR though. I was there. Exit2DOS ^{• Ctrl • Alt • Del} 22:06, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't a fireball it was a UFO[edit]

It was a ball of light in the sky that didn't move one bit. I watched it for over an hour till I was too tired to stay awake any longer. We woke up to loudspeakers on Sunday saying "YOU MUST EVACUATE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luckycharms1070 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Is the year necessary in the article title? Are there any other derailments in Mississauga that we have articles about, or might be writing articles about? Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]